Forbidden Night with the Duke by Annie Claydon

Author:Annie Claydon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-16T14:00:48+00:00

Chapter Eleven

JAYE WAS TALKING rapidly in Sinhalese to the girl’s parents, and her father climbed into the passenger seat of the truck beside her. It seemed that the mother was staying behind in the care of the other villagers.

‘Do we need to bring the other children?’ Megan twisted around as Jaye settled himself in the back seat, next to the little girl.

‘I gave them the once-over as they came out. And I called down to the clinic while you were digging. They’re sending someone up. They’ll be here soon.’

The sound of a motorbike heralded Dinesh’s arrival. Perched on the back, Dr Stone, the young, sandy haired doctor who had arrived at the clinic yesterday, was looking pale but otherwise unscathed. He walked unsteadily up to the truck and a brief exchange between him and Jaye established that there was another vehicle on its way, and that Dr Stone would take charge of the rest of the family.

‘So much for easing him in gently.’ Megan murmured the words as she drove out of the compound, following Jaye’s directions on the quickest way back to the clinic.

‘He’s survived the worst of it.’ Jaye knew as well as she did that any medical challenges involved in looking after the family paled into insignificance next to being bumped around, riding pillion, as Dinesh took the quickest and most hair-raising route from A to B.

‘Yes. Suppose so.’ Megan concentrated on the track ahead of her, hoping that the girl in Jaye’s care on the back seat of the truck would survive too.

* * *

Ranjini was ready when they arrived back at the clinic. Gentle hands lifted the girl from the truck, transferring her inside, while Ranjini took charge of her father, guiding him into the building. Jaye followed, beckoning to Megan.

‘Help me get cleaned up.’ He made a beeline for the clinic’s shower room, and Megan followed him. Easy. This was going to be easy because, however many of his clothes Jaye discarded, there was an urgent need to get clean and dressed again.

He caught his breath in pain as she stripped his shirt from his back. His hand must be really hurting by now. She switched on the shower and he ducked the top half of his body under it, rivulets of dust tracking their way down to expose smooth, dark skin.

No time to think about how good it felt to touch him as she quickly soaped his hands and arms. Then she towelled him dry and he pulled one of the scrub tops from the pile, easing it carefully over his head as he made for the door.

How could one snatched glance imprint itself so indelibly? She had other concerns right now, and Megan wanted to hurry back to the girl’s side, but as she gathered up the towels, putting the soap back in its holder, all she could see was Jaye. Broad shoulders, slim hips, a triangle of visual pleasure leading down to the ultimate physical pleasure.

‘Stop. It.’ How many times

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